The Regional Australia Institute says industry and the community in the WA Goldfields region cannot let the removal of high-level public service jobs from Kalgoorlie control their discussions with government.

PhD student Alison Testa at Curtin University's Centre for Crop and Disease Management, talking about her software CodingQuarry which will help reduce the time it takes to sequence genomes, while increasing the accuracy.

The Western Australian Premier has defended the State Government's choice to remove several high-level public service positions from Kalgoorlie, saying big development decisions tend to be made in Perth.